How Fifty Shades of Grey and Getting Published Are Similar!

If you want to get published, it takes lots of discipline to send your submission to fifty places. You may even go gray. Ironically, “Fifty Shades of Grey” is also all about submission and discipline. But you’ll be surprised to find there’s even more overlap.

Christian Grey knows about ropes and is into Bondage. An editor knows the ropes and is into Beverage. (Red wine or coffee!)

An editor will scrutinize a submission. Christian Grey has “screwin’ eyes” for a submissive.

Christian Grey’s hands are full of kink. A publisher’s hands are full of ink.

Christian Grey will not tolerate Ana rolling her eyes about their contact. Editors will not tolerate you not dotting all your i’s in your contract.

Christian Grey has masochistic tendencies. An editor has manuscriptic tendencies.

Publishers want to own someone’s copyright. Christian Grey wants to own someone outright.